Children of Social Worlds: Development in a Social Context

by Martin Richards

Researchers in child development often study children in isolation--apart from the environmental influences that shape, nurture, or harm them. In 'Children of Social Worlds', leading social scientists show how much is lost by this approach. Their underlying assumption is that children's psychological development can be understood only in the context of the social worlds in which they grow up and that the disciplinary boundaries of traditional psychology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674116224
• ISBN13: 9780674116221
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"